Japan rebuts N. Korean criticism over DNA tests

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks to a reporter after his talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Feb. 10. The Foreign Ministry presented its case to rebut North Korea's recent assertion that the Japanese government fabricated DNA test results on the cremated remains Pyongyang said belonged to a Japanese abductee.

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